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Thoughts from Mary Cullinane:
How to teach and why - Microsoft school of the future
1. †Learning First
2. Focus on concept and power of the language - Principal is the Chief Learner
3. †Be comfortable not knowing †
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A key to the design of the school of the future was the creation of adhoc gathering spaces.
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Microsoft supported the school with human resources, not with funding. †Two concepts that flowed from Microsoft was that thinking is an activity and that you can spend time thinking and that there is a culture of being self critical (How can I get better?)
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Dr. Francesc Pedro, OECD
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Dr. Pedro shared some interesting statistics that are available through the OECD.
††††Percent of 15 year olds using computers at home and school †- Canada has the highest at home - but lower at school
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††††More computers used at home, better at math, more computers used at school decrease in math
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OECD.org - Understanding the brain (a report coming out soon)
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Michael McCauley, Creative Director
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We must have deep faith in technology and creativity and then the freedom exists to be creative
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Imagine Innovation swimming downstream instead of getting tire swimming upstream
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†† †This statement hit a chord for me. †I hadnít realized that much of what I do is swimming upstream....
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Books to read
††††Whole new mind - Dan P
††††Dream Society
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Elizabeth Streb - Strebusa.com
Elizabeth had a great energy and amazing stories to share. †My gleanings include:
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††††Invent a mistake
††††Failure is an option - it is safe to fail
††††Get dirty, break things, go to the garage (where inventors go)
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Listening to this panel and thinking about the questions from Andrew Zolli made this one of the best sessions I attended.
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I donít recall who mentioned the next two comments
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Ask a ninja.com - every teacher should check this out as most of our students are.
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Goal of teaching - Make a positive indelible mark on someone's life.
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So how does this session relate to IML?
I found this session to be empowering. †Learning doesnít have to be the way it has been for many generations. †We have the ability with technology to do more than ever before. †We could always be creative, but access to communicate beyond the classroom adds new dimensions. †
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My two take aways
Goal of teaching - Make a positive indelible mark on someone's life.
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So how does this session relate to IML?
I found this session to be empowering. †Learning doesnít have to be the way it has been for many generations. †We have the ability with technology to do more than ever before. †We could always be creative, but access to communicate beyond the classroom adds new dimensions. †
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My two take aways
Imagine Innovation swimming downstream instead of getting tire swimming upstream.
†† †I will try and make sure that I am not the barrier to others.
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Invent a mistake
†† †What a great way to learn. †Why try and learn what is already known. †Trying to make something next work take critical thinking and perhaps a better understanding.
†† †I will try and make sure that I am not the barrier to others.
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Invent a mistake
†† †What a great way to learn. †Why try and learn what is already known. †Trying to make something next work take critical thinking and perhaps a better understanding.
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